RT Book, Section
A1 Abdeen, Ayesha
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
A2 Wootton, R. Joshua
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1131933797
T1 Osteoarthritis of the Major Joints
T2 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071766838
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131933797
RD 2024/04/19
AB Osteoarthritis  (OA)  is  the  most  common  form  of  arthritis.  Also  known  as  degenerative  joint  disease,  OA  is  characterized  by  loss  of  articular  cartilage  within  a  joint  resulting  in  chronic  pain,  stiffness,  deformity,  and  subsequent  functional  disability.  Osteoarthritis  may  be  classified  as  primary/idiopathic,  for  which  the  cause  is  unknown,  or  secondary  osteoarthritis,  which  occurs  as  a  result  of  trauma,  infection,  neuropathy,  bone  ischemia,  congenital  abnormality,  chronic  inflammatory  arthropathy,  or  other  cause.